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<H1>Main Window</H1>

<P>The QLC+ Main Window consists of three main parts:
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<li>A Menu bar containing buttons for global functions</li>
<li>Active panels selected by their respective tabs</li>
<li>Tabs that allow the selection of one of the QLC+ panels</li>
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Most of the controls throughout the software have tooltips, which pop up after
holding your mouse cursor over them for a short while.

<H2>Menu bar (1)</H2>

<p>The menu bar on the top of the workspace window contains the following buttons (from left to right):
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<IMG SRC="qrc:/filenew.png" align="absmiddle"> New workspace (CTRL+N)<BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/fileopen.png" align="absmiddle"> Open an existing workspace (hold the button longer for a list of recent files) (CTRL+O)<BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/filesave.png" align="absmiddle"> Save the current workspace (CTRL+S)<BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/filesaveas.png" align="absmiddle"> Save the current workspace with a new name<BR>
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<img src="qrc:/monitor.png" width=32><A HREF="fixturemonitor.html">DMX Monitor</A> (CTRL+M)<BR />
<img src="qrc:/diptool.png" width=32><A HREF="addresstool.html">DMX Address tool</A><BR />
<img src="qrc:/audioinput.png" width=32><A HREF="audiotriggers.html">Audio triggers</A><BR />
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<IMG SRC="qrc:/fullscreen.png" align="absmiddle"> Toggle full screen mode (CTRL+F11)<BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/help.png" align="absmiddle"> View this documentation (Shift+F1)<BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/qlcplus.png" width=32 align="absmiddle"> View information about QLC+<BR>
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<img src="qrc:/add_dump.png" width=32><A HREF="dmxdump.html">DMX Dump</A> (CTRL+D)<BR>
<img src="qrc:/liveedit.png" width=32> Live Edit: allows you to modify a function while QLC+ is in Operate Mode<BR>
<img src="qrc:/liveedit_vc.png" width=32> Live Edit Virtual Console: allows you to modify the Virtual Console while QLC+ is in Operate Mode. Click to Toggle<BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/panic.png" align="absmiddle"> Stop All Functions (CTRL+Shift+ESC)<BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/blackout.png" align="absmiddle"> Toggle Blackout<BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/operate.png" align="absmiddle"> Switch between Design Mode and Operate Mode (CTRL+F12)
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<H2>Active Panel (2)</H2>

Everything happens here. Which panel is active depends on which tab is currently selected.

<H2>Panel Tabs (3)</H2>
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At the bottom of main window you can find easy eye catching icons for switching between
QLC+ contexts.<br>
By double clicking on a tab, <b>a context can be detached on a separate window</b>.
To reattach a detached context, just close the window.<br>
QLC+ contexts appear in the following order (from left to right):
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<IMG SRC="qrc:/fixture.png" align="absmiddle"> View the <A HREF="fixturemanager.html">Fixture Manager</A><BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/function.png" align="absmiddle"> View the <A HREF="functionmanager.html">Function Manager</A><BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/show.png" align="absmiddle"> View the <A HREF="showmanager.html">Show Manager</A><BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/virtualconsole.png" align="absmiddle"> View the <A HREF="virtualconsole.html">Virtual Console</A><BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/slidermatrix.png" align="absmiddle"> View the <A HREF="simpledesk.html">Simple Desk</A><BR>
<IMG SRC="qrc:/input_output.png" align="absmiddle"> View the <A HREF="howto-input-output-mapping.html">Input/Output</A> configuration manager<BR>
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